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Clothes Pounder
Patent for a new and useful improvements in clothes pounders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 7, 1897
Creator:
Schofield, Frank B. & Schofield, Joseph L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Liberty Hill Index] ([Liberty Hill, Tex.]), Ed. 1 Thursday, August 12, 1897
Weekly newspaper from Liberty Hill, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 12, 1897
Creator:
Chapman, W. A.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn in which a can has an opening in the center of its lid, in which a dasher-staff fits. The can fits in a frame. There are two parts to the frame, the part that rotates the can, and the part that holds the churn in place. The frame also holds the dasher-staff and a crank to rotate the can's frame.
Date:
February 2, 1897
Creator:
Everhard, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper that is "cheap, durable, have as few parts as practicable, and be easily assembled" (lines 13-15). The device uses hoe-carrying shafts and a main-drive shaft, and the hoes elevate and depress to chop the cotton.
Date:
May 4, 1897
Creator:
Moore, John Neally
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-press.
Patent for a baling press intended to work with hay, cotton and similar material, and form bales of many different sizes.
Date:
June 18, 1897
Creator:
Murphy, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a new and improved Cotton Chopper, which explains what it is used for and what the new improvements are.
Date:
October 19, 1897
Creator:
Hyland, Robert R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1897
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. W. Hodges to Heber Stone - May 4, 1897]
Letter written by J. W. Hodges to Heber Stone. Includes details of where and when the annual Southwestern University Board of Trustees meeting will take place. Invites Heber Stone to attend.
Date:
May 4, 1897
Creator:
Hodges, J. W.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. Chilton to Heber Stone - December 31, 1897]
Letter written by H. Chilton to Hon. Heber Stone. Chilton expresses his thanks and describes what he liked about the address Stone gave at Southwestern University.
Date:
December 31, 1897
Creator:
Chilton, Horace
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from G. Carroll Rector to Heber Stone - August 17, 1897]
Letter written by G. Carroll Rector to Heber Stone. Rector informs Stone he would like to pay for the tuition of a student who wishes to continue attending Southwestern University and enter the field of ministry.
Date:
August 17, 1897
Creator:
Rector, G. Carroll
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. A. Shaw to Heber Stone - May 14, 1897]
Letter written by W. A. Shaw to Hon. Heber Stone. Shaw explains why he thinks Dr. McLean is an unfit regent for Southwestern University and defends his position in making such a judgement.
Date:
May 14, 1897
Creator:
Shaw, W. A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from M. B. Lockett to Heber Stone - July 31, 1897]
Letter written by M. B. Lockett to Heber Stone. Lockett provides the details of when and where the Board of Trustees meeting will take place. Explains the projects that would require the university to take on an additional debt of $1,000.
Date:
July 31, 1897
Creator:
Lockett, M. B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from G. Carroll Rector to Heber Stone - September 1, 1897]
Letter written by G. Carroll Rector to Heber Stone. Since he has not gotten a reply to his proposal to shift his debt from a regular payment to the payment of a student's tuition, Rector asks Stone to give his approval or disapproval.
Date:
September 1, 1897
Creator:
Rector, G. Carroll
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. Tha[u]bol[u] to Heber Stone - July 24, 1897]
Letter written to Senator Heber Stone. Asks for the present address of a fresco artist.
Date:
July 24, 1897
Creator:
Tha[u]bol[u], C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George T. Jester to Heber Stone - July 1, 1897]
Letter written by George T. Jester to Hon. Heber Stone. Says that the requested scholarship for a young woman cannot be given. Mentions some of the affairs of the Texas legislature.
Date:
July 1, 1897
Creator:
Jester, George T.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. S. Hyer to Heber Stone - August 10, 1897]
Letter written by R. S. Hyer to Hon. Heber Stone. Hyer explains his delay in sending plates to Stone and describes the condition of a box he is sending him.
Date:
August 10, 1897
Creator:
Hyer, R. S.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for a windmill that does not have a vane and can receive wind from any direction. It can also be "readily thrown out of and into operation when desired" (lines 15-16). It is a horizontal wind-wheel supported by a vertical shaft.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Gassett, Thomas Boyle
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Scraper.
Patent for a scraper to be mounted on a vehicle for the purpose of removing mud from a wheel. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 26, 1897
Creator:
Gray, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Beam.
Patent for "effective means whereby the component parts of a plow-beam can be relatively adjusted according to the nature of the work in hand or to meet certain conditions, thereby facilitating the work and increasing or decreasing the draft." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1897
Creator:
Miller, Henry A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for regulating the width of the furrow-slice of a "sulky" or "wheel" plow, with illustration.
Date:
June 8, 1897
Creator:
Gauntt, Granville B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment for Planters.
Patent for an invention "to equip any style of planter with a plow attachment for breaking and opening the soil in advance of the furrow-opener and seeding mechanism." (Lines 8-11). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 7, 1897
Creator:
Conoley. Malcom C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Holdback for Vehicle-Thills.
Patent for a "simple, inexpensive, and efficient" (lines 12-13) thill. A portion of the harness usually required is not necessary with this thill, and the horse cannot kick an occupant of the vehicle.
Date:
March 2, 1897
Creator:
Mays, Livingston M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Taylor National Bank
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes illustration of business with business name and text reading: "Capital paid up $100,000.00," in lithographic print by Clarke & Courts, Lith. Galveston. Letterhead contains the names Joseph Speidel, President; C. H. Booth, Vice President; C. Mendel, Cashier.
Date:
1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for a planter "especially designed for planting seed and preparing the ground in advance of the opener, so as to remove weeds, trash, and other foreign matter from the path of the shovel preparing the furrow to receive the seed." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Tinning, James D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History